Black Tinamou (Tinamus osgoodi)
About the Black Tinamou
The black tinamou (Tinamus osgoodi) is a species of ground bird found in humid foothill and montane forest in the Andes of South America. All tinamous are from the family Tinamidae and members of the infraclass Palaeognathae. Tinamous are the only members of their infraclass that are not ratites, and can even fly, albeit poorly. All paleognaths evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds. This species of tinamou was first described by Henry Boardman Conover in 1949 based on a specimen from Cusco in Peru. It has two subspecies:
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1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru · xeno-canto lists 21 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Great TinamouTinamus majorrecording
- Grey TinamouTinamus taoprofile
- Solitary TinamouTinamus solitariusprofile
- White-throated TinamouTinamus guttatusrecording
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.